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Mark the stress in russian words with a ' character behind the vowel, e.g. ру'чки, this will be converted to ру́чки. Leave out the stress when it is unambiguous, which is when the word contains ё or only one vowel (the vowels are а, я, э, е, ы, и, о, ё, у and ю).
noun, female, animate
somewhat often used word (#1016)
somewhat often used word (#1016)
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grandmother
Also: grandmamma, grandma, granny
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- В Массачусетсе не разреша́ют жени́ться на ба́бушке жены́. In Massachusetts, a man is not allowed to marry his wife's grandmother.
- Иногда ба́бушка опаснее спецслу́жб. Sometimes, Grandma is more dangerous than the KGB.
- Его мать у́мерла, когда он был мо́лод, и его вы́растила ба́бушка. His mother died when he was young, and his grandmother brought him up.
- Моя́ ба́бушка была́ больна́ уже неде́лю, когда я навести́л её. My grandmother had been sick for a week when I visited her.
- Моя́ ба́бушка дожила́ до 95-летнего во́зраста. My grandmother lived to be ninety-five years old.
- Моя́ ба́бушка ста́ла стара́. My grandmother has become old.
- Мэри - ба́бушка Тома. Mary is Tom's grandmother.
- Мы волну́емся за де́душку и ба́бушку. We're worried about Grandpa and Grandma.
- Её вы́растила ба́бушка. She was brought up by her grandmother.
- Же́нщина, что сиди́т на дива́не, - моя́ ба́бушка. The woman who is sitting on the sofa is my grandmother.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nom. nominative | ба́бушка | ба́бушки |
| gen. genitive | ба́бушки | ба́бушек |
| dat. dative | ба́бушке | ба́бушкам |
| acc. accusative | ба́бушку | ба́бушек |
| inst. instrumental |
ба́бушкой ба́бушкою |
ба́бушками |
| prep. prepositional | ба́бушке | ба́бушках |
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